Unit 5 Revealing nature Starting out & Understanding ideas 学案 -2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 5 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To develop a sense of evolution by watching the video 2 To get the main idea of the text and specific information about the journey of discovery 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To develop a sense of evolution by watching the video Activity 1: Look at the page from a science magazine and answer the questions. 1.What do you know about these animals? What makes them special? 2.What other similar animals do you know about? Share your knowledge with the class. Answers: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 2: Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 How can seeds travel? How can this benefit plants? 2 Can you think of another example of seeds travelling? Share it with the class. Answers: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 目标二: To get the main idea of the text and specific information about the journey of discovery Activity 1: Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title. Answers: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 2: Read the passage again and find out the genre of the passage. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 3: Choose the main idea of the passage and give your reasons. 1. Darwin’s interest in various living things made him a great naturalist. 2. Darwin’s journey on the Beagle inspired his Theory of Evolution. 3. Darwin went on a journey to confirm his theory that humans had evolved over time. Activity 4: Read to find out the detailed information about the journey: the time and what he did or thought. Time What he did/th